Top 25 ranking
The current top 25, sorted by Overall Rating and refreshed daily. Rank changes since the last update show in the Change column.
| Rank | Change | Symbol | Name | Industry | Rating | Health | Performance | Risk | Trend | BuyMeter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1
|
+8 |
NUE
|
Nucor Corporation | Steel | 4.7 | |||||
 2
|
-1 |
RS
|
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | Steel | 2.7 | |||||
 3
|
-1 |
AEM
|
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited | Gold | 5.9 | |||||
| 4 | -1 |
AU
|
AngloGold Ashanti Plc | Gold | 6.4 | |||||
| 5 | -1 |
NEM
|
Newmont Corporation | Gold | 4.6 | |||||
| 6 | -1 |
SCCO
|
Southern Copper Corporation | Copper | 4.6 | |||||
| 7 | = |
TXG.TO
|
Torex Gold Resources Inc. | Gold | 5.5 | |||||
| 8 | = |
FNV
|
Franco-Nevada Corporation | Gold | 5.1 | |||||
| 9 | +2 |
B
|
Barrick Mining Corporation | Gold | 5.3 | |||||
| 10 | +16 |
RGLD
|
Royal Gold, Inc. | Gold | 4.9 | |||||
| 11 | -5 |
STLD
|
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | Steel | 5.3 | |||||
| 12 | = |
WPM
|
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | Gold | 6.5 | |||||
| 13 | = |
EDV.TO
|
Endeavour Mining plc | Gold | 5.6 | |||||
| 14 | = |
OGC.TO
|
OceanaGold Corporation | Gold | 6.5 | |||||
| 15 | = |
KNT.TO
|
K92 Mining Inc. | Gold | 6.5 | |||||
| 16 | = |
WDO.TO
|
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. | Gold | 6.2 | |||||
| 17 | +1 |
GFI
|
Gold Fields Limited | Gold | 7.2 | |||||
| 18 | +1 |
KGC
|
Kinross Gold Corporation | Gold | 7.3 | |||||
| 19 | -9 |
CF
|
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | Agricultural Inputs | 4.2 | |||||
| 20 | +22 |
PAAS
|
Pan American Silver Corp. | Gold | 6.8 | |||||
| 21 | -1 |
BHP
|
BHP Group Limited | Industrial Materials | 3.1 | |||||
| 22 | -1 |
BVN
|
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. | Other Precious Metals | 5.2 | |||||
| 23 | -1 |
ECL
|
Ecolab Inc. | Chemicals - Specialty | 2.0 | |||||
| 24 | -1 |
FCX
|
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | Copper | 4.5 | |||||
| 25 | -1 |
LIN
|
Linde plc | Chemicals - Specialty | 7.1 | 5.2 | 2.2 |
7.2
|
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Best Materials Stocks: the sector's top names
Miners, chemical makers and packaging companies supply the raw inputs the rest of the economy runs on, and this list ranks the strongest of them by Overall Rating.
Materials is a cyclical, commodity-linked sector where pricing power can vanish fast when demand softens. Comparing these companies against each other, rather than against sectors with entirely different cost structures, keeps the ranking meaningful.
Raw inputs sit next to the businesses that buy them. Best Industrial Stocks covers the demand side of the same cycle, and Best Energy Stocks shares the commodity exposure. For a read on which of them is trending right now, see Sector Rotation.
This suits investors looking for exposure to raw materials and industrial inputs specifically. Check Best Sectors for how Materials compares to the other ten, or a stock's own page for the specifics behind its score.
